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Clearing new land

by: Williams, Franklin

Publication date: 1902

Topics: Clearing of land

Publisher: Washington, D.C. : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture

Collection: usda-farmersbulletin; usdanationalagriculturallibrary; fedlink

Contributor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

Language: English

Rights: The contributing institution believes that this item is not in copyright.

Volume: no.150

24 pages : 23 cm

Cover title

Large proportion of uncleared land -- Importance of clearing land -- What land should be cleared -- Cost of clearing -- Methods of clearing : Clearing by pasturing ; Clearing by cutting away timber ; Clearing with dynamite ; Clearing with machinery ; Clearing with horses and chain ; clearing with oxen ; Other methods of clearing -- Methods of clearing conditional upon character of growth : Trees with a taproot system ; Trees with a semi-taproot system ; Trees with a lateral root system ; Trees with an indeterminate root system ; The durability or perishability of stumps -- A practical illustration in clearing land -- Cultivation of new land -- Crops adapted to new land